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AUTHOR(S) Martina Smorti; Lucia Ponti; Chiara Ionio (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Zahra Alipoura; Parisa Samadib; Narges Eskandari (et al.)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused many deaths and complications worldwide. However, limited data are available about COVID-19 during pregnancy. This study aimed to assess the epidemiological and clinical features of COVID-19, and the adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. This retrospective analytical cohort study was conducted on all pregnant women with confirmed COVID-19 at Nekouei-Hedayati-Forghani Hospital in Qom, Iran from 15 March 2020 to 15 November 2020. For the same period, 165 pregnant women who did not have COVID-19 were selected at random and included in this study. All epidemiological and clinical features were collected from the medical records of the participants. A logistic regression model was used to determine associations between COVID-19 in pregnancy and maternal and fetal outcomes.
AUTHOR(S) Serena Girardelli; Edward Mullins; Christoph C. Lees
AUTHOR(S) Daniela V. Fernandes; Maria C. Canavarro; Helena Moreira
AUTHOR(S) Harriet Garfield; Briony Westgate; Rajiv Chaudhary (et al.)
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on parental presence in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) during the first wave. The NICU team at the Rosie Hospital, Cambridge, endeavoured to explore the impact on parent and staff experiences of supporting parents throughout the period when visiting was restricted, between 13th August and 11th September 2020. Bespoke surveys were designed following the first lockdown to gather information on the impact on staff and parents. The questions were developed in the context of initial observations and conversations with staff and parents.
AUTHOR(S) Chanodom Piankusol; Wachiranun Sirikul; Krongporn Ongprasert (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Shewangizaw Hailemariam; Besufekad Mekonnen; Nigusie Shifera (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Nazife Bakır; Pınar Irmak Vural; Cuma Demir
AUTHOR(S) Regan N. Theiler; Myra Wick; Ramila Mehta (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Fahimeh Ranjbar; Leila Allahqoli; Soheila Ahmadi (et al.)
The Covid-19 pandemic response is influencing maternal and neonatal health care services especially in developing countries. However, the indirect effects of Covid-19 on pregnancy outcomes remain unknown. The aim of the present study was to compare pregnancy outcomes before and after the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in Iran. We performed a retrospective analysis of the medical records of 2,503 pregnant women with singleton pregnancies, admitted to the maternity department of a women’s hospital in Tehran, Iran, during the pre-Covid-19 pandemic (February 19 to April 19, 2019) and the intra-Covid- 19 pandemic (February 19 to April 19, 2020) period.
AUTHOR(S) Abdulkarim M. Meraya; Mamoon H. Syed; Ayesha Yasmeen (et al.)
This study objectives were to investigate maternal psychological distress, mothers’ fear of their children contracting COVID-19, mothers’ perceptions of the information available regarding children and COVID-19, changes in children’s behavior during lockdown, and concerns of pregnant women in Saudi Arabia. This cross-sectional study surveyed women aged 18 years and older who either had children under 10 years of age or were pregnant at the time of the survey. The outcomes included psychological distress, mothers’ fear of their children contracting COVID-19, change in children’s behaviors during COVID-19 lockdown and pregnant women’s concerns. Multivariable ordinary least squares regression models were employed to examine the adjusted associations between sociodemographic factors and psychological distress, as well as fear of COVID-19.
AUTHOR(S) Jessica Florence Burt; Joseph Ouma; Lawrence Lubyayi (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Felipe Aros-Vera; Ilana R. Azulay Chertok; Semyon Melnikov
AUTHOR(S) Eduardo Cuestas; Martha E. Gómez-Flores; María D. Charras (et al.)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have exacerbated existing socioeconomic inequalities in health. In Argentina, public hospitals serve the poorest uninsured segment of the population, while private hospitals serve patients with health insurance. This study aimed to assess whether socioeconomic inequalities in low birth weight (LBW) risk changed during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. This multicenter cross-sectional study included 15929 infants. A difference-in-difference (DID) analysis of socioeconomic inequalities between public and private hospitals in LBW risk in a pandemic cohort (March 20 to July 19, 2020) was compared with a prepandemic cohort (March 20 to July 19, 2019) by using medical records obtained from ten hospitals.
AUTHOR(S) Juliana Vasconcellos Freitas-Jesus; Odette Del Risco Sánchez; Larissa Rodrigues (et al.)
The COVID-19 pandemic raises health issues worldwide. Infected pregnant women may have negative mental health outcomes, but little is known about their emotional experiences.This study aimed to understand the experience of women infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy, regarding their feelings, their relationships, and the influence of social media.
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